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by fireflash38 3 hours ago
Do you think that happened bloodlessly with everyone very happy about it?

The industrial revolution came along with massive production of goods that people need and desire. Even then, there was still a huge amount of pushback (it still echoes in a lot of communities today!).

Do you see any differences compared to the AI revolution we're being sold?
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BeetleB 3 hours ago
> Do you think that happened bloodlessly with everyone very happy about it?

Do you not think the ultimate outcome was worth it?

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fireflash38 1 hour ago
Where is the glut of food and consumer products from AI?
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BeetleB 1 hour ago
Where was the glut of food and consumer products 4 years into the Industrial Revolution?
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fireflash38 1 hour ago
The onus is on you to prove the claim that AI is equivalent or better.

But if you're not a troll, from the very fucking start of it there was a boom of products. Like it's practically the definition of it. Are you seriously thinking that they just burned a bunch of coal for fun?

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BeetleB 53 minutes ago
> The onus is on you to prove the claim that AI is equivalent or better.

I never claimed it.

But if we play along, and if I claim AI is equivalent, then once again ... why ask about glut of food and consumer products only a few years in, when that wasn't the case with the Industrial Revolution?

> But if you're not a troll, from the very fucking start of it there was a boom of products.

It began in 1760 in England. Can you compare 1764 with 1760 and itemize this "boom" you speak of?

The changes the Industrial Revolution brought about was slow - it took several decades. Correspondingly, the change in labor took that long as well.

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